Virginia Petraki

Virginia Petraki is a Civil Engineer, PhD Candidate and Research Associate in the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). In 2019, she graduated from the School of Civil Engineering at the NTUA majoring in Transportation Engineering. She has participated in 10 research projects and has published 12 scientific papers (4 in scientific journals and 8 in scientific conference proceedings after peer review). Her specialisation areas are Traffic Engineering, Road Safety, Sustainable Transpotation Planning and Management, Road User Behaviour, Cost Benefit Analysis, Machine Learning and Data Science.

Specialisation areas

Traffic Engineering
Road Safety
Sustainable Transpotation Planning and Management
Road User Behaviour
Cost Benefit Analysis
Machine Learning
Data Science

Education

Candidate for Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), 2020 – ongoing, in the Department of Transportation, Planning and Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens.
Diploma of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering
- GPA: 7.9/10
- Thesis: “Combined impact of road and traffic characteristics on driver behavior using data from smartphones.”

Teaching Experience

Supervising Assistant in 9 Diploma Theses in the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (2019 – ongoing)

Publications

Publications in scientific journals with peer review

1. Ziakopoulos, A., Petraki, V., Kontaxi, A., & Yannis, G. (2022). The transformation of the insurance industry and road safety by driver safety behaviour telematics. Case studies on transport policy, 10(4), 2271-2279.
2. Petraki, V., Papantoniou, P., Korentzelou, A., & Yannis, G. (2022). Public acceptability of environmentally linked congestion and parking charging policies in Greek urban centers. Sustainability, 14(15), 9208.
3. Yannis, G., Kopsacheili, A., Dragomanovits, A., & Petraki, V. (2020). State-of-the-art review on multi-criteria decision-making in the transport sector. Journal of traffic and transportation engineering (English edition), 7(4), 413-431.
4. Petraki, V., Ziakopoulos, A., & Yannis, G. (2020). Combined impact of road and traffic characteristic on driver behavior using smartphone sensor data. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 144, 105657.

Publications in scientific conference proceedings (full papers with review)

1. Makri A., Petraki V., Yannis G., “Critical travel time impact factors at the implementation of the Athens Great Walk”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena TRA 2022 Conference, Lisbon (14-17 November 2022).
2. Strongylis L., Petraki V., Yannis G., “Critical impact factors of pedestrians traffic combining multiple data sources in Athens”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena TRA 2022 Conference, Lisbon (14-17 November 2022).
3. Petraki V., Papantoniou P., Yannis G., “A socioeconomic analysis for a green traffic restrictions scheme in Athens”, Proceedings of the Transport Research Arena TRA 2022 Conference, Lisbon (14-17 November 2022).
4. Petraki V., Papantoniou P., Yiannis G., “How environmental charging policies affect urban road safety?”, Proceedings of the 8th Road Safety and Simulation International Conference (Athens, 8-10 June 2022).
5. Petraki V., Papantoniou P., Gonidi C., Yannis G., “Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis for Electromobility in the Region of Attica”, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research (1-3 September 2021).
6. Petraki V., Korentzelou A., Papantoniou P., Yannis G., “Investigating the acceptance of environmental parking charging and congestion charging in urban centers in Greece”, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research (1-3 September 2021).
7. Yannis G., Gonidi C., Petraki V., Papatzikou E., Oikonomou M., Chaziris A., Papantoniou P., Papadakos P., Vlachogianni E., “Traffic impact assessment of the pilot implementation of Athens Great Walk”, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Transportation Research (1-3 September 2021).
8. Korentzelou, A., Petraki, V., Papantoniou, P., & Yannis, G. (2021, June). “Investigating the acceptance of an environmental transport charging policy. The case of Athens.” In 2021 7th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.

Presentations in scientific conferences and seminars

“Micromobility: “Back to the Future”. Yannis G., Deliali K., Petraki V., at the 35th Meeting of the International Traffic Safety Data & Analysis Group2023 organised by International Transport Forum (Brussels, 28 March 2023)
“Micromobility: “Back to the Future”. Yannis G., Deliali K., Petraki V., at the project workshop 2023 organised by International Transport Forum (Brussels, 25 January 2023)
“Identification of the Impact of Ridesharing Services in Athens”. Petraki V., Yannis G. at the Regional Growth Conference (Athens, 9-11 June 2022).
“The transformation of the insurance industry & road safety by driver behaviour telematics”. Yannis G., Ziakopoulos A., Petraki V., Kontaxi A., at the Workshop “The Future of Insurance. How Does Algorithmic Prediction Affect Insurance Practices?”, November 2021.
“Socio-economic impact of environmental transport charging policies”. Petraki V., Papantoniou P., Yannis G., at the Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, May 2021.
“Traffic and parking arrangements for the Athens Great Walk”. Chaziris A., Petraki V., Gonidi C., Yannis G., at the Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, May 2021.
“Pilot Assessment of Athens Great Walk”. Petraki V., Chaziris A., Papatzikou E., Yannis G., at the PIONEERing Solutions for the Smart City Challenge Online Student Workshop (15 April 2021).
“International Experience in Environmental Pricing in Transportation”. Petraki V., Papantoniou P., Yannis G., at the International Multidisciplinary Traffic Safety Virtual Conference, organised by the Hellenic Association of Driving Instructors together with Key Transportation Organisations in Greece (29-30 May 2020).
“The COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity for new mobility models: Athens Great Walk”. Yannis G., Vlahogianni E., Papatzikou E., Papantoniou P., Oikonomou M., Michelaraki E., Gonidi C., Petraki V., at the International Multidisciplinary Traffic Safety Virtual Conference, organized by the Hellenic Association of Driving Instructors together with Key Transportation Organisations in Greece (29-30 May 2020, Athens, Greece).
“Sustainable Urban Mobility in Smart City”. Yannis G., Papantoniou P., Petraki V., at the Urban Growth Conference 2019 on “Urban Development and Cyclical Economy”, organised by Boussias Conferences (Athens, Greece, 11 December 2019).
“Driver-vehicle-environment interactions and safety tolerance”. Petraki V., Yannis G., at the NTUA – Digitalisation and Road Safety Research Workshop, organised by NTUA within the framework of the Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week, (Athens, Greece, 17 May 2019).

Research projects

Participation in nine (9) research projects in the field of Transportation Planning and Engineering, assigned by the European Commission:

“Micromobility Safety” carried out for the International Transport Forum (ITF) (2023).
“i-Dreams: Safety Tolerance zone calculation and interventions for diver – vehicle – environment interactions under challenging conditions” of the Horizon 2020 framework programme on transport research of the European Commission (2019-2023)
“Investigation of the socio-economic impact of ride sharing services in Athens” carried out for Uber B.V. (2021)
“Athens Mobility Observatory” carried out for NTUA (2021-ongoing)
“e-MOPOLI: Electro MObility as driver to support POLicy Instruments for sustainable mobility and traffic management” carried out for the Interred Europe Programme (2018-2022)
“a-Traffic: Innovative traffic and parking policies in the center of Athens” a cooperation between the Municipality of Athens and National Technical University of Athens (2020-ongoing)
“EcoCharge: Socio-economic impact of environmental transport charging policies” a cooperation between the Hellenic Associations of Motor Vehicle Importers Representatives and National Technical University of Athens (2020-2021)
“NRSO – Support of the NTUA Road Safety Observatory operation” funded by NTUA resources (2016-ongoing)
“InAm – Scientific support for actions to improve drivers’ safety behaviour in Greece” carried out for Interamerican (2017-ongoing)

Engineering

Internship at ”Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority” (2018)

Languages

Greek: Native Language
English
French

Affiliations

Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece

Distinctions and Awards

2022 NTUA Thomaideio Award for the paper “Public acceptability of environmentally linked congestion and parking charging policies in Greek urban centers”, published in 2022 in the “Sustainability”.
2020 NTUA Thomaideio Award for the paper “Combined impact of road and traffic characteristic on driver behavior using smartphone sensor data”, published in 2020 in the “Accident Analysis & Prevention”.
Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) Doctorate Scholarship for the PhD dissertation titled “Big Data and New Urban Sustainable Mobility Forms.” (2021)
“Chatsopoulos” Award for excellent performance in the course of Descriptive Geometry

Technical Skills